A former professional American football player has been charged in connection with the riot at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021. Antwoine Williams is facing felony charges of civil disorder and assaulting, resisting or impeding police, along with several […]
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Satirical news publication The Onion has purchased Infowars, the media organisation headed by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, which spread false rumours about the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The sale price was not immediately disclosed. Infowars and
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Reuters Out of all of Donald Trump’s supporters, Derrick Evans has a particular reason to be happy with November’s election results – he hopes the president-elect will give him a pardon for participating in the 6 January riots at the
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Authorities across the US are investigating after reports of text messages sent to black Americans with references to “slave catchers”, plantations and picking cotton. In a statement the FBI said it is “aware of the offensive and racist text messages
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Getty Images Rumours, misleading allegations and outright lies about voting and fraud are flooding online spaces in unprecedented numbers in advance of the US election. Hundreds of incidents involving purported voting irregularities are being collected and spread by individuals, as
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The FBI is investigating after two ballot drop boxes went up in flames in the Portland, Oregon, area in the early hours of Monday. Hundreds of ballots were burned in a fire that started outside a park and ride station
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Getty Images The message was addressed to “REAL AMERICAN PATRIOTS” to ensure a victory “TOO BIG TO RIG!” Sent out to a mailing list by the Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump, it combined two of the biggest themes of
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A local police officer locked eyes with the gunman who nearly killed Donald Trump at a rally in July – but there’s no evidence a warning ever reached Trump’s Secret Service detail, according to a report released on Monday. A
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BBC / Mike Wendling Melissa Komo, a town clerk who trains election workers in Wisconsin, says the prospect of threats against volunteers is worrying Kris Burlingame got a surprise on testing day. A long-time election volunteer and former clerk in
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Threats against aid workers fuelled by misinformation continue to affect hurricane recovery efforts in North Carolina, with workers briefly pulling out of one county over the weekend. In order to keep staff safe, the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema)
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